Crow Drinks Water
A strategy party card game
A party game designed by strategy gamers. Blind draws, character skills, and a team mode that makes six people shout at once.
The game
Joy · Funny · Scheming
This is a fun party game designed by strategy gamers. The blind-draw mechanism fills the game with randomness and keeps the whole table loud, but the character cards underneath it are doing real work.
Every character card carries a different skill, so no two players are solving the same problem — and the well-designed team mode doubles the joy at higher player counts.
Three to six players, fifteen to twenty minutes, ages eight and up. Short enough to play four times in a row, and mean enough that you will want to.
Blind draw
The draw mechanism keeps the game genuinely unpredictable — nobody is ever safely ahead.
Asymmetric characters
Each character card grants a different skill, so every seat plays differently.
Team mode
A designed-in team variant that scales the chaos up instead of watering it down.
Fifteen minutes
Short enough for the end of an evening, light enough for eight-year-olds, sharp enough for the strategy shelf.
The campaign
What actually happened on Kickstarter
The full public record of this campaign — funding, tiers, and the updates we posted while it ran. Every figure comes from the campaign page itself.
| Status | Successfully funded and delivered |
|---|---|
| Funding period | 25 July 2024 – 3 September 2024 (40 days) |
| Goal | $4,000 |
| Pledged | $5,282 — 132% of goal |
| Backers | 96 |
| Delivery | Promised October 2024 |
| Shipping | Anywhere in the world |
| Backer updates posted | 11 |
| Comments | 28 |
| Designer | Xiao Kui · lead designer Star Yan |
| Project location | Xiamen, China |
| BoardGameGeek | Game entry |
Pledge tiers as they were offered
| $20 · Limited edition | 52 backers |
|---|---|
| $37 · Deluxe edition | 38 backers |
| $90 · Group pledge | 3 backers |
| $8 add-on | Limited Canvas Bag — Crow Drinks Water |
| $12 add-on | Refrigerator Magnets — Crow Drinks Water (set of 6) |
In the box
- Action cards — 6 groups, 30 cards in total
- Character cards for all 6 crows, each with its own skill
- Team-mode badges for the three crow families
- English rulebook
Where it comes from
A crow, a pitcher, and some pebbles
The name comes straight out of Aesop. In 'The Crow and the Pitcher' a thirsty crow raises the water level by dropping in pebbles one at a time — patience and leverage rather than force. The game keeps the pebble-by-pebble scheming and adds five more crows to get in the way.
Coverage
What the press wrote about Crow Drinks Water
Verbatim, with a link to the full article.
While far-from a household name, the developers have previously created Crow Drinks Water, a party strategy title which wowed backers and once again broke its own targets.
Gallery
Artwork and components
Also available
Crow Drinks Water in the shop
Stay in touch
Crow Drinks Water is available now
Funded on Kickstarter, delivered, and in stock on the NEWQZ store.